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** Description changed:

  The instructions for automatically playing a CD or DVD upon insertion
  need to be updated to reflect actual current menu items, etc. in Ubuntu
- 24.04 LTS.
- 
- Also, AFAICT auto-running an app never works and the disc is always just
- mounted even if an app is specified in the settings (more below)
+ 24.04 LTS. The current instructions reference non-existent GUI features;
+ when I tried to guess what to do, it did not actually work (more below
+ about that).
  
  Specifically, for the steps listed at
  https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/files-autorun.html.en :
  
  1. It says to search for "Removable Media" in Activities but it is now
  called "Removable Drives and Media".
  
  2. It says Select Settings->Apps  but there is no "Settings" in the
  dialog.
  
  There are tabs labeled Storage, Multimedia, Cameras etc.  I'm guessing
  "Multimedia" is the right one...
  
  3. It says Select Default Apps ... but there is no "Default Apps" item.
  Under "Multimedia" there is a place to select commands to run when
  various kinds of media are inserted.
  
  It allows specifying a bare command name or a full path such as
  /usr/bin/abcde, but does not say whether arguments can be passed to the
  command or how to interpolate the cdrom drive path into the args.
  
  4. It says to set the "Automatically Lunch Apps" switch in the
  "Removeable Media" section, but there is no such section.
  
-   (By the way, checking "Play audio CDs when inserted" under
+   (By the way, checking "Play audio CDs when inserted" under
  'Multimedia' does not seem to work; the CD is just mounted as a CDROM
  and appears in the sidebar; I do *not* have "Mount removable media when
  inserted" checked under "Storage" so it is mystery whey this happens.
  Presumably the old instructions are just wrong or missing some key step
  which is now needed to auto-play audio CDs.)
  
  5. This step discusses an "Open folder" option which does not exist in
  the dialog.
  
  6. This step discusses an "Other Media" button which does not exist.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2071378

Title:
  files-autorun.html.en needs to be updated

Status in ubuntu-docs package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The instructions for automatically playing a CD or DVD upon insertion
  need to be updated to reflect actual current menu items, etc. in
  Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The current instructions reference non-existent GUI
  features; when I tried to guess what to do, it did not actually work
  (more below about that).

  Specifically, for the steps listed at
  https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/files-autorun.html.en :

  1. It says to search for "Removable Media" in Activities but it is now
  called "Removable Drives and Media".

  2. It says Select Settings->Apps  but there is no "Settings" in the
  dialog.

  There are tabs labeled Storage, Multimedia, Cameras etc.  I'm guessing
  "Multimedia" is the right one...

  3. It says Select Default Apps ... but there is no "Default Apps"
  item.  Under "Multimedia" there is a place to select commands to run
  when various kinds of media are inserted.

  It allows specifying a bare command name or a full path such as
  /usr/bin/abcde, but does not say whether arguments can be passed to
  the command or how to interpolate the cdrom drive path into the args.

  4. It says to set the "Automatically Lunch Apps" switch in the
  "Removeable Media" section, but there is no such section.

    (By the way, checking "Play audio CDs when inserted" under
  'Multimedia' does not seem to work; the CD is just mounted as a CDROM
  and appears in the sidebar; I do *not* have "Mount removable media
  when inserted" checked under "Storage" so it is mystery whey this
  happens.  Presumably the old instructions are just wrong or missing
  some key step which is now needed to auto-play audio CDs.)

  5. This step discusses an "Open folder" option which does not exist in
  the dialog.

  6. This step discusses an "Other Media" button which does not exist.

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